Bristol, The Dolphin, George Wigens, brass Three-Halfpence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 26mm, 5.29g/12h, brass Threepence, similar, eg, 26mm, 6.20g/12h; Dolphin Hotel, G.G. Gullick, uniface square brass Three-Halfpence, ep, 26mm, 5.98g; Duke of Marlborough, J. Leadbeater, brass Twopence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 23mm, 4.06g/12h; Eglinton Arms, J[ohn] Mitchell, uniface brass Sixpence by T. Pope, eg, 23mm, 4.20g, H[enry] Burt, brass Threepence by Joy & Brown, rev. value, eg, 24mm, 3.77g/12h, B. Powell, brass Threepence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 25mm, 5.08g/12h [7]. Third fine and pierced, others about very fine or better (£120-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway.

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Provenance:
First bt J.D. Hooper
Third bt in Bristol
*Fourth, fifth and sixth bt J.D. Hooper October 1993.

The Dolphin, Marlborough street, auctioned 9 March 1881, was purchased by George Wigens who was still the proprietor in 1887. Dolphin Hotel, New street, St Jude’s; Duke of Marlborough, Upper Cheese lane, St Philip’s; Eglinton Arms, Upper Maudlin street, described in June 1860 as the ‘well known tavern and sporting house with handsome plate glass front, superior bar, smoking room, spacious skittle alley, capital cellar and the best racket court in the West of England,’ proprietors John Charles Mitchell 1856-60, Henry Burt 1878-82. John Mitchell was a champion racket player and in 1855 was stated as being the only person to be a champion of both close and open courts. His career seems to have been brought to an abrupt halt on 31 August 1854 when he suffered a ruptured blood vessel